GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN -- It’s almost Catawba rhododendron time in Western North Carolina. I'm sorry to play favorites with flowers, but these have to be the best. Not only are they my favorite ...

Rhododendrons do best under a dappling shade of trees where sunlight passes through and dances on the leaves. This is a continuation of last week s article on Catawba Rhododendron. I decided to ...

For many nature lovers in the Tri-Cities, this is the time of the year to head up to the top of Roan Mountain for the overwhelming beauty of the blooming of the Catawba rhododendron. The Cloudland ...

It’s time to celebrate the natural beauty in Roan Mountain. The annual Rhododendron Festival is now underway at Roan Mountain State Park. The event celebrates the blooming of the Catawba Rhododendron ...

It's that time again -- when these Southern Appalachians put on one of their two most spectacular shows of the year. The other, of course, comes in the fall, when the hillsides become a colorful ...

ROAN MOUNTAIN — It is that magical time of year again, the time when the Catawba rhododendrons bloom at the top of Roan Mountain, and the oldest festival in Upper East Tennessee, the Rhododendron ...

Before your decide which rhododendron is right for your garden, you need to understand the plant's needs. Centre Daily Times, file My neighbors, Dale and Bev Lippincott, have some rhododendrons on ...

ASHEVILLE — On hands and knees, Lisa Jennings and her right-hand woman, Hunter Campbell, crawled under sprawling rhododendron shrubs around Catawba’s upper falls, setting markers for what is now the ...

Missed it again. Here it is July already, and the most spectacular show in the mountains -- at least until the leaves turn in October -- has once more passed me by. I'm talking about the rhododendrons ...